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UAZ Jaguar, the Glossary

The UAZ-3907 Jaguar (officially UAZ-3907 Ягуар Jaguar) is an amphibious 4x4 created in the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ), in 1976–1990, based on the components of the UAZ-469 4x4.^[1]

Amphibious automobile

An amphibious automobile is an automobile that is a means of transport viable on land as well as on or under water. UAZ Jaguar and amphibious automobile are Wheeled amphibious vehicles.

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Astrakhan

Astrakhan (Астрахань) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an F4, or front-engine, four-wheel drive (4WD) layout places the internal combustion engine at the front of the vehicle and drives all four roadwheels.

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KGB

The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Soviet Border Troops

The Soviet Border Troops (Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB.

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UAZ

UAZ or Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (lit) is an automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia, which manufactures off-road vehicles, buses and trucks. UAZ Jaguar and UAZ are cars of Russia.

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UAZ-469

The UAZ-469 is an off-road military light utility vehicle manufactured by UAZ since 1971. UAZ Jaguar and UAZ-469 are cars of Russia, military light utility vehicles, military vehicles of the Soviet Union and UAZ.

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Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow.

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Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant

JSC Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant or UMP for short (translit. Ulyanovsk Mekhanicheskiy Zavod, UMZ) is a Soviet/Russian military enterprise, now part of Almaz-Antey holding.

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Volga

The Volga (p) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of, and a catchment area of., Russian State Water Registry It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta – between and – and of drainage basin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAZ_Jaguar